<p>ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP)  Authorities say a fire that destroyed a 120-year-old hotel in Asheville was intentionally set.</p><p>Asheville-Buncombe Arson Task Force Director Buddy Thompson told The Asheville Citizen-Times that a liquid accelerant was found in the Richmond Hill Inn.</p><p>The historic hotel burned down Thursday, three days after the owner lost a foreclosure proceeding and an auction date of April 16 was set.</p><p>No one was in the building when the fire started. Officials say the blaze did more than $1 million in damage.</p><p>The inn was built on land bought by North Carolina Chief Justice Richmond Pearson and saved in the 1980s by history enthusiasts and private investors.</p>